CLEPA Materials Regulations and Sustainability Event 2024

• Welcome speech – Benjamin Krieger, Secretary General, CLEPA
• CLEPA activities – Paolo Alburno, CLEPA
• A great Deal too much – Marco Buczilowski, Ecodesign engineer, Forvia (CLEPA)
• Sustainability @ DXC – Thomas Frühbuss, DXC

• Presentation:
  • Update on the PFAS restriction proposal – Dr. Carl A. Dannenberg, Federal Office for Chemicals, BAuA
  • PFAS in automotive parts – Daniel Kruff, Continental (CLEPA)

• Panel of discussion: Ronald Bock, Plastics Europe / Philippe Roland, Renault (ACEA) / Daniel Kruff, Continental (CLEPA) / Dr. Carl A. Dannenberg, Federal Office for Chemicals, BAuA

Moderator – Beatriz Ildefonso, CLEPA 

• Opening Statements:
  • An update on the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation proposal – Jaco Huisman, European Commission
  • EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation: A view from BMW Group – Stefan Hillstroem BMW
  • EU End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation: Accelerator for Circularity – Elena Spoeri, ZF (CLEPA)

• Panel of discussion: Jaco Huisman, European Commission / Stefan Hillstroem, BMW rMarco / Elena Spoeri, ZF (CLEPA) / John Mortell, Plastics Europe

Moderator – Beatriz Ildefonso, CLEPA 

• IMDS Future Developments – Mathew Griffin – IMDS SC Chairperson
• Live Demo: Jonas Tilly – IMDS Product Owner, DXC Technology
• Design for Sustainability: configuring products to minimize the environmental footprint – Giuseppe Pietro Marengon, DXC Technology

Moderator – Beatriz Ildefonso, CLEPA 

• Chemical substance regulations in Japan & JAPIA’s activities – Ryoma Akutsu, Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. & Yoshihito Tanaka, TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION (JAPIA)
• North American Supplier Activities Update – Lecedra Welsh-Jones, AIAG
• Regulation Status in India 2024 – Dr. Prabhakar Yellappa – Founder & CEO, Global PCCS
• End-of-Life Vehicle Management Status and Trend in China – Li Dong – Project Manager of Recycling Office, CATARC

Moderator – Beatriz Ildefonso, CLEPA 

• CLEPA’s Sustainability & CSR EG Activities – Pedro Grossinho, Vice President, Global EHS and Sustainability, Joyson Safety Systems (CLEPA)
• CLEPA/VDA Supplier Code of Conduct Initiative – Pedro Grossinho, CLEPA & Ferdinand Geckeler, Senior Expert Sustainable Supply Chain Management, BMW (VDA)
• Collaborative approaches and efforts to enhance sustainability in the Automotive Industry – Filippo Spiezia – Senior Project Manager, CSR Europe (Drive Sustainability/Drive+)
• Responsible Supply Chain Initiative (RSCI) update – Andreas Lukesch – Project Manager Sustainably Supply Chain, Brose & Jeremie Barreteau Specialist Sustainability, VDA (RSCI)

Moderator – Pedro Grossinho, Joyson Safety (CLEPA) 

• The rising regulatory tide: status and impacts of key EU due diligence legislation on automotive supply chains (EUCSDDD, EUFLR, EUDR)
• Bart Devos, Vice President of Public Policy – Responsible Business Alliance
• Gains and losses of the legislative process – Nils Poel, Head of Market Affairs, CLEPA
• Impacts of the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA) on the Motor Vehicle Parts Sector – Bill Frymoyer, Vice President, Public Policy, MEMA

• Panel of discussion – How to find a joint approach for Supply chain due diligence?
  • Olga Marin, Director Supply chain Sustainability, CLEPA
  • Andreas Lukesch, Project Manager, RSCI
  • Tyler Gillard, Chief Strategy Officer, RBA
  • Bill Frymoyer, Vice President, Public Policy, MEMA
  • Ferdinand Geckeler, Senior Expert Sustainable Supply Chain Management, BMW
  • Eva Bennis, Head od Supply Chain Sustainability, Volvo Cars (Drive Sustainability)

Moderator – Pedro Grossinho, Joyson Safety (CLEPA) 

• Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) in Automotive – status & roadmap – Michal Mytych, Global Manager Sustainability and EHS, Aptiv
• Catena-X Rulebook and PCF strategy – Niels Angel, Business Owner Sustainability, Catena X/ BMW
• Product Carbon Footprint in IMDS – Quo vadis? – Status of the PCF Enhancement – Oliver Schmit, Senior Engineer Circular Economy, Hyundai/ IMDS SC

Moderator – Pedro Grossinho, Joyson Safety (CLEPA) 

• Double materiality methodology and overview of correct use of ESRS standards – Bernhard Frey, Sustainability Reporting Senior Technical Manager, EFRAG
• CLEPA materiality assessment – Umberto Fassero, Sustainability and Market Affairs Manager, CLEPA
• CSRD: Insights into getting ready for the sustainability reporting obligations – Annika Kabelitz – Global Lead Sustainability Reporting & Projects, Forvia
• Taxonomy implementation: challenges and ambiguities – Nils Poel, Head of Market Affairs, CLEPA

Moderator – Pedro Grossinho, Joyson Safety (CLEPA) 

Frank Nottebom, Account Delivery Executive, DXC